Sunday morning, when I went to the kitchen for tea, the sun was coming in over the deck rail at just the right angle to reflect back from the windows of the sliding doors and strongly illuminate the large pots of Geraniums my wife had placed on the deck. It was portrait quality lighting, with the mix of direct sun and reflected sun, and the Geraniums glowed with life. I could not resist. And when I got the camera and got out there, I found that the plants were still beaded with drops from the overnight rain. Could not have been better if I had created the whole thing in the studio (if I had a studio :).

Canon SX40HS. Program with iContrast and –1/3EV exposure compensation. 24mm macro mode, plus 1.5x digital tel-converter for scale and working distance. f4 @ 1/500th @ ISO 100. Processed in Lightroom for intensity, clarity, and sharpness.